An American once told me that other countries would be more successful if they had a constitution. Like it was something only America had, and not something possessed by 90%+ of all the nations on Earth.

What's appalling is not the ignorance - it's the arrogance, telling someone they are wrong about their own country or language. It's shameful.

I never understand why Americans call any European health insurance system "socialism". I assume that most american households own a car. Don't you have to have a mandatory car insurance? What's the difference there, you pay your premiums year by year but never have an accident, so the money you give to the insurance company is used to pay for the accidents other people have with their car. Wouldn't that be socialism, too?

I told this story many times. I visted america 4 weeks years ago. Me and my girlfriend was talking in danish, and this lady verbally insulted us, and yelled at us that this is America and we speak American.i tried to explain to her we where turists and of course we speak out own language. She didn't even listen to me, but she went completely batshit crazy when I said that she didnt speak American but English.

I once had an American correct me that "No, you're not Spanish, Spanish is a language and you can't BE a language. I think you mean you're Mexican"...uhm...I am from Spain. The country of Spain.

I had to learn every country in the world in school, every mountain, every body of water from age 9 to 15  we even learn every state of usa. Just common knowledge here in Sweden. I can only talk for myself what I've learnt and what I still remember. Love and peace from me.

I am from Argentina and have been living in diferent countries for over a decade. Every time I would meet a person from the USA I used to start with the same Joke. "Im am also American! just from the south part of it". There are 2 types. Those who laughed and those who looked confussed. That was a good way to know who I was dealing with.

My dumbest encounter with an American was when I finished my A-levels in the UK and we went on a school trip to Australia. During check-in at the hotel in Sydney, there was another school trip from the US. A couple of the girls started talking to our group and I guess my Nigerian friend was comparing the climate of Africa to Australia. She was saying something like: well I'm African and...
Cue the Americans being horrified and say: You mean you're African American. African is a bad word.
My Canadian friend steps in trying to explain: No she's African. From Africa. We are from an international school so we have Africans, Asians, and Europeans..
The girls look around and say: which one is Asian?
I get dragged in. I say: hi! I am. I'm from Iran
The girls: Iran is not in Asia. It's in the middle east.
I say: Yes. but the middle east isn't a continent. We are part of Asia and are in fact Asian.
The girls: No. Asia means like china and stuff. Why are you saying that? You shouldn't lie. I know middle east is a bad place but you should be proud of where you're from. Asia means China and Japan and maybe India. You're not Asian
(our chaperone steps in to intervene)
the girls point at our chaperone: see? he's Asian
Chaperone: Actually girls I'm from Cambridge, in England
The girls now visibly angry thinking we're messing with them: Cambridge isn't a place. It's a university
So yeah. Our entire group collectively facepalmed and moved away. The hotel breakfasts were awkward with the death glares from the Americans 😂

11:25 No she is not from the Middle East! She's from Algeria which is in North West Africa - the Middle East is part of Asia, not Africa. You have to travel about 3000 kilometers  (about 1860 miles) from Algeria to the Middle East. Algeria is directly south of France.

21:50 Most US americans don't even realize that America is not a country - it's a continent. A twin continent to be precise. And everyone born in any of the 35 countries on the american continent is an american. It's not just the USA - Canadians are americans, Mexicans are americans, Brazilians are americans, Cubans are americans.

I was working on a multinational film in Luxembourg. The schedule had us work through All Saints and All Souls day. A very big deal in mainland Europe, when everyone takes flowers to graves of relatives. We then worked through Remembrance Sunday, again big with Brits, the French and other countries remembering the fallen in both World Wars.
The American 1st.A.D. then gave us two days off for Thanksgiving and wished us a good time with our families! Everyone laughed at how the Americans on the crew assumed Europe celebrates an American holiday!🤣

Food for thought - the Philippines was actually in the same situation as Puerto Rico before WW2. An unincorporated territory way out in the Pacific. It took Japan invading it in WW2 and the US razing it into the ground with air strikes for it to become independent. Because after the war, the US didn’t want to shoulder the repair costs, so they left it to the Japanese and “granted” it independence. Japan paid reparations for decades after that and continues to help the Philippines even now. And they’re not even the colonizers now. Yep, that’s how the US treats its less significant properties. Just note since you’re going into this rabbit hole, people who say bad things about America probably have nothing against the people, but the American policy in its international dealings sucks. I think that’s where it all comes from. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I live in Croatia and I had to learn the name and date of reign of every French king over a period of a thousand years. So yes, they teach you about other countries.

I'm English and was working  in a trade centre and some America's  said it was so funny that we had named some of our cities after places in America .OMG I walked away you can't fix stupid.

I used to work as a waitress in Vienna /Austria.
Once an american lady ordered a "viennese ice-coffee". On the menu it was explained (in german and english) that it is cold coffee with vanilla-ice cream and whipped cream.
After I served it to her she immediately complained that this is different to what she expected.
I told her, that i can bring her just cold coffee with some ice cubes, but she has to pay for her first order, which was the viennese version.
She ranted in perfect Karen-Style.
"i want to speak to the manager! I get you fired! You have to do what i say, because the client is king! I will not tip you! I'm american, i know my rights!"
Karen's manual page 1 to 100 without breathing 😂

I bent myself over and brought my face very near to hers and said very calm...
"Well mam, you are in austria. You ordered, you pay. If you order something else, you will also pay for this. If any viennese waitress will 'obey' after beeing treated like this, i really recommend you NOT to eat or drink, what she will serve you. So? Do you really want me to bring you something else, or do you prefer to pay and f*ck off? "

This lady was soooo american.... She even tipped me 😂😂😂

I'm from Poland and I remember that in primary school, during our geography classes, we had to learn about all the countries as well as their capitals, currency, most prominent rivers or mountains, climate and some basic info about economics and society. Not very in-depth but still enough to have a grasp of what every coutry is :) As far as weird experiences with US citizens, I've worked in an offshore office for one big US company. At least part of our responsibilities was customer service. We were forbidden to use our last names in email footers so customers won't know that we are foregins. We were told that this is because Americans are not very happy when thy know that their customer service is from outside the US. Another thing was directly from my manager. When we were talking on a phone meeting, I told him about our presidential election that was happening during this time and that I was concerned about who will win. He replied back that I shouldn't worry because Putin will pick someone for us. In his mind, it was a clever joke. Not sure if he knew how insulting this was. Btw, you guys asked what kind of music we are listening. For me it will be metal (like Rammstein), pagan folk (like Wardruna), movie scores, dark ambient and similar stuff :) Maybe you will consider music reactions? That could be fun too :D

I'm an Asian who used to worked in the service industry for a cable company. An American once was so pissed, wanted to look for my supervisor  and even threatened to sue the company because  I can not help her fix her TV so she can watch. I was trying to explain her something but she didn't let me talk. The power in her area was out the whole day...😒

11:32 This vid should be called Dunning Kruger effect, as it’s not the lack of knowledge that is shocking, but the lack of awareness of lack of knowledge. How can a whole country have towering confidence in something they know nothing about?

Once in South Carolina I was asked if I was from England, as the guy had heard me speak a language (Danish) that was not English. He clearly believed that USA was the only place English was spoken.

In France, but pretty sure it's similar in all European countries, we are taught from a young age about other countries, and some of the history of other countries too. There even is a world map in every classroom, so even if you are not curious, it will be seared into your brain xD

The most wonderful thing in life is travel!!! Being in totally different cultures is amazing & educational. Unfortunately, a huge % of US citizens are not able to experience this.